Isaiah 48:2

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“who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.”

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BSBPD

“who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 48:2 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 17:13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
  2. 1 Samuel 4:3When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
  3. Nehemiah 11:1Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.
  4. Nehemiah 11:18The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
  5. Psalms 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
  6. Psalms 87:3Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
  7. Isaiah 10:20On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
  8. Isaiah 47:4Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name— is the Holy One of Israel.
  9. Isaiah 51:13But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
  10. Isaiah 51:15For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  11. Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
  12. Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
  13. Jeremiah 7:4Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
  14. Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  15. Jeremiah 21:2“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
  16. Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  17. Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
  18. Matthew 4:5Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
  19. Matthew 27:53After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
  20. John 8:40But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
  21. Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
  22. Revelation 11:2But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
  23. Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
  24. Revelation 22:19And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.

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